Date:1985 - 1990 (c.)
Description:The reconstructed sitting room from Mr Charles Woodward's house at Wallash, Mayfield. This room was part of the Museum's displays between 1976 and 2005. Charles Woodward was born in 1889 and lived all his life next to the smithy at 22 Wallash in Mayfield. When he died in 1974 the smithy and his living room were collected by the Staffordshire County Museum and moved to Shugborough. He was a bachelor and a deeply religious man - he never worked on Sunday. His working day began at 6 in the morning and finished at 5.30 in the afternoon. In his spare time he read his Bible, bred pigeons and tended his garden. Mr Woodward was one of the few blacksmiths to keep working after the 1940s, when tractors and factory made tools and machines made the blacksmith's skills obsolete. He kept working by doing general ironwork in the village; making tools, kitchen equipment, hinges and so on. He made most of the ironwork for the local sewage works and regularly repaired looms at Bond's textile mills in Alrewas.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
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Metal slice tapering blade with oval shaped hole at top and spatula like blade. ...
Temperance banner, silk with painted design. Design of St. George in full armour ...
Butler's or footman's waistcoat with fine red and white horizontal stripes, four ...
Clown marionette Made by William Simmonds. William Simmonds (1876-1968) trained ...
A group of four domestic sevants at the Servants's Quarters, Shugborough. From ...
George Rose in his uniform, standing next to Lady Lichfield's Rover 75 and the Shugborough ...
This large gangster marionette is called 'Al Caselsca'. He has a large nose and ...
Staffordshire Collections Quilt, 2016. This quilt is based on the collections held ...
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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire Museum Service
Donor ref:FP63.3.81 (37/20948)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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